Washing-machine



UNITED STATES AT1-Nr veinen,

THOMAS HAWKSWORTH, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,250, dated February 13, 1883,

Application tiled February 18, 1882. (No model.) Patented in England November 4, 1.874, No. 3,808.

' at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and vIC) v ers.

State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Washing- VMachines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompany-ing drawing.

My invention relates to an imp rovement in washing-machines, it being the same invention for which Letters Patent were granted in England to Thomas Hawksworth and Joseph Ohaft'er, dated November 4, 1874; and it consists in the combination of the sliding gearvwheel, clutch mechanism, and gearing for operating the wringer, a cranked opera-tingshaft, rods loosely connected to the pounder at their lower ends, and to the shaft at their upper ends, rods secured rigidly to the top of the pounder, and a guiding-plate which is secured rigidly to the rods on the pounder, and through the ends ot' which plate the operating-rods play when they are disconnected tromV the pounder, as will be more fully described hereinafter. u

The object of my invention isto combine a wringer and a. washing-machine in aV single machine, in which the operating mechanism .is so constructed that either oneV of the machines can be operated independently of the other.

The figure of the drawing shows a side elevation,partlyin section, cfa machine embodying my invention.

A represents the frame, provided with cast- Between the sides ot' the framestands a cylindrical wash-tub, B, upheld by a gudgeen, upon which it rotates. In theframe, on a line across the center of the wash-tub, is journaled the crank-shaft 0o/twhich the ends protrude beyond the framed On one of the protruding ends is geared the Wheel W, provided with a handle, and on `the other is the small toothed wheel a.

On thecrank-shaft O are two rods,b,of which the lowerends are hooked in eyes on top of an oblong or oval box or case, D, that extends across the tub to near its sides without touching them. The case D is open at its under side and its interior erosswise divided into compartments. As the box or case is loosely pivoted to the lower ends of the rods b for the sake of disconnecting it when it is desired to operate the Wringer alone, it is nec- `essary that there should besome means provided for holding the ease or box always in positlon,so that it cannot turn on the rods. For this purpose the two rods c are rigidly seeuredto the top ofthe box, and have their upper ends rigidly connected together by the plate or rod d, which has holes made through its extreme ends, so as to play freely on the rods b. As long as the poounder or case is being operated the rods b c and plate d move with it, as it in one solid piece; but when itis desired to disconnectthe box or case, so as to use the wringer alone, the connecting-pins are drawn out of the lower ends ot'. the rods b, when the box at once sinks to the bottom ot' the tub and remains stationary, while the rods b play freely through the plate d, which serves to keep the rods in a vertical position.

At the outside of the frame A, below and 0n a line with the wheel a, connected therewith by an endless chain or belt, is a larger wheel, E, on a shaft that has a small spurwheel under the wash-tub, suitably geared 'with a circular toothed rim under the bottom roller is made to revolve the crank-shaft remains stationary. The roller F is journaled in slots, so as to yield upward when required to-prevent breakage, and is depressed by a spring, G, that is regulated by a set-screw, H,

in the center of a brace, J, that unites the two sides of the frame A. In front and rear, un-

der the roller- F, are removable shelves g.

The wheel W, when in motion and geared with the cronk-shaft,oauses the case D to :dnected to the box or onse ab their lower ends, to ternately ascend and descend while the tub and guiding-plato d, substantially as shown. containing the, clothes siowiy rotates. In testimony whereof have axed my sig- I claimnature in presence of two witnesses.

The combination of mechanism for operat i 7 ing alternately a wringer and washing-nmi DHOMAS HAWKS ORTH' chine, consisting of the cranked shaft C, slid- Witnesses: ing` gear-wheel W, clutch mechanism, gearing B. M. LEWIS,

for operating the Wringer, rods b, loosciy c011- T. F. LEHMANN. 

